Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency)
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Glasgow was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885.

History

Until 1832, Glasgow had been one of the parliamentary burghs in the Clyde Burghs constituency (also known as "Glasgow Burghs"), which was abolished by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832. The Act created the new Glasgow constituency with two seats, which was increased to three by the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was finally divided into seven new single-seat constituencies, with effect from the 1885 general election:

• Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown
• Glasgow Bridgeton
• Glasgow Camlachie
• Glasgow College
• Glasgow Central
• Glasgow St Rollox
• Glasgow Tradeston

Members of Parliament

Two member constituency

• 1832-1835 James Ewing of Strathleven
• 1832-1837 James Oswald of Shieldhall
• 1835-1836 Colin Dunlop
• 1836-1839 Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
• 1837-1847 John Dennistoun
• 1839-1847 James Oswald of Shieldhall
• 1847-1857 (Mar) John McGregor
• 1847-1857 (Apr) Alexander Hastie
• 1857 (Mar)-1865 Walter Buchanan
• 1857 (Apr)-1874 Robert Dalglish
• 1865-1874 William Graham

Three member constituency

• 1868-1885 (Mar) George Anderson
• 1874-1885 (Nov) Sir Charles Cameron
• 1874-1879 Alexander Whitelaw
• 1879-1880 Charles Clow Tennant
• 1880-1885 (Nov) Robert Tweedie Middleton
• Mar - Nov 1885 Thomas Russell

See also

v • d • e Westminster constituencies of Scotland 1708 to 1832 · 1832 to 1868 · 1868 to 1885 · 1885 to 1918 · 1918 to 1950 · 1950 to 1955 · 1955 to 1974 · 1974 to 1983 · 1983 to 1997 · 1997 to 2005 Current constituencies (2005 to present) Aberdeen North · Aberdeen South · Airdrie & Shotts · Angus · Argyll & Bute · Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock · Banff & Buchan · Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk · Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross · Central Ayrshire · Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill · Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East · Dumfries & Galloway · Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale · Dundee East · Dundee West · Dunfermline & West Fife · East Dunbartonshire · East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow · East Lothian · East Renfrewshire · Edinburgh East · Edinburgh North & Leith · Edinburgh South · Edinburgh South West · Edinburgh West · Falkirk · Glasgow Central · Glasgow East · Glasgow North · Glasgow North East · Glasgow North West · Glasgow South · Glasgow South West · Glenrothes · Gordon · Inverclyde · Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey · Kilmarnock & Loudoun · Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath · Lanark & Hamilton East · Linlithgow & East Falkirk · Livingston · Midlothian · Moray · Motherwell & Wishaw · Na h-Eileanan an Iar · North Ayrshire & Arran · North East Fife · Ochil & South Perthshire · Orkney & Shetland · Paisley & Renfrewshire North · Paisley & Renfrewshire South · Perth & North Perthshire · Ross, Skye & Lochaber · Rutherglen & Hamilton West · Stirling · West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine · West Dunbartonshire

References

• "Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs".

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